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inFAMOUS 2: Demo Out Now, Midnight Sales, and MLG Event

We’ve been paying attention to the comments on the past PlayStation.Blog posts and are getting the strong impression that some of you are itchy to play Cole’s new adventure. Well, here is some good news — the demo is available now on the PlayStation Store! Finally you can get a taste of Cole’s new adventure and sample the incredible action you’ll be experiencing in inFAMOUS 2.

Play a mix of story missions and side quests and navigate New Marais with Cole’s new parkour skills as well as explore missions from dual karmic sides, as both good and evil Cole. Face enemies with Cole’s electrical powers, his new Amp melee weapon, and conjure the incredibly powerful Ionic Vortex! Just visit the PlayStation Store and download it today.

Walmart Exclusive Retail Pack-in DLC and Gift with Purchase

For those of you who need more than the demo to get your inFAMOUS fix, Walmart stores all over the country will be open at midnight on June 6th. So not only can you get a leg up on hitting Platinum before anyone else, and get an early start creating your own inFamous level with the new UGC features, you can score an exclusive inFAMOUS poster with your inFAMOUS 2 purchase at participating 24-hour Walmart stores (quantities are limited).

Click here to find the closest Walmart store near you. You can also get the special Electrocution Grenade power if you pre-order here from Walmart.com!

MLG and inFAMOUS 2

Major League Gaming and inFAMOUS 2 team up to give you the chance to create your very own inFAMOUS 2 levels this weekend (June 3-5) in Columbus, Ohio. You will get the chance to play with Sucker Punch and compete in exclusive Sucker Punch-designed levels with the chance to win the inFAMOUS 2 Hero Edition!

Since I really disliked inFamous 1 (played it on both evil and good) and thought that it could have been a good game if they had more time to focus on more stuff. It was just really overrated in my opinion. Not going to get too into it but I did pre-order inFamous 2 but still on edge about getting it. Going to play this demo and see if it is worth my day 1 money.

I know that inFamous 2 should be a lot better than 1 since they had time to learn from the mistakes of the first and make the game they originally wanted to make.

This message is directed with the possibility that Sid is watching over the blog, not directed at the OP. I’m sorry to jump in on this thread with this, but if you read this Sid, can you see why the price for Red Johnson’s Chronicles Episode 1 is listed with a PlayStation Plus price of $9.74, regular price $12.99? It then states the prior offer is still live. This is not accurate information.

The deal is for 50% off for PS Plus members, not 25%. This new discount is a different and WORSE offer than the prior and unavailable offer. I want to purchase this game for the discount that was offered/advertised; I don’t want to be forced to pay more when I already had to wait the six weeks for the store to be fixed to buy it as offered.

See below posts for references to the REAL deal and not the current one being shoveled our way.

Very disappointed that a game about a man with superpowers you remove one of those powers and make it so that only people who order from a specific retailer have access to it.The “preorder incentives” this generation are starting to get tiresome.Preorders were only needed back when video games weren’t as popular and you couldn’t guarantee a store would have enough in stock.Now it seems preorders are being used to remove content and then sell us that content later.

the beta was pretty badass but i cant wait to play the demo finally some real missions..dont get me wrong i loved the beta but there wasnt any story..and some of the powers (like missiles and vortex) were missing..playing this until i get the hero edition tues ( or monday at midnight :})

Damn, I wish I wasn’t at work!! Vewry curious to see what this one is looking like. I also bought Infamous 1 due to the demo so let’s see if it’s going to win me over again to buy it on the first day again.

I hope that my Canadian pre-order at Bestbuy comes with the pre-order pack that includes the Sly Cooper cane, does anyone know? I read somewhere that you get that pack with ALL pre-orders in north america.

I’ve had the Hero Edition pre-ordered/paid for since it was first announced a few months back, at my local gamestop. As far as I know, they’re planning to do midnight releases as well. Luckily for me, if not, there’s a 24-hour walmart in the same shopping center. Maybe I’ll just buy the game twice to ensure I get all the extras. xD

Just tried the demo for a few seconds–heh, heh, I’m supposed to be working. Anyway, may I tell you, Sucker Punch, wow, wow, wow! Instantly reminded me why I loved Infamous & why I pre-ordered long ago. Great job, folks. You were sorely underrated before and I hope you get your just rewards (awards) this time. Another fabulous Sony exclusive (sigh)! The opening 2 D synopsis was beautiful and smart.

As I said before, Verbatim, I’ve been excited about this game since hearing of it’s development, but When I watched the trailers for the games’ Karma System, I noticed it reinforces negative racial stereotypes, I’m gonna play it, but I have no intention of putting any money in Sucker Punches pockets this time. Rather than buying new I’ll purchase used from Gamestop or Ebay.

Hey Sid and Jeff, thank you for getting back to me on this topic with haste, especially since it’s not relevant to this post. I appreciate the time you guys put into the PSN and the blog for all of us. The publisher/developers’ financial hit from the network outage is more important than my few dollars saved. Now I can be proud to pay 75% instead the 50%. Life’s all about attitude and what we make of it. I hope everyone has a great weekend that takes the time to read this post.

I am playing the demo right now but I just had to make a post. I have one word for Sucker Punch… WOW!! This game is amazing! Everything about it is supercharged, it’s like Infamous on steroids. You run faster, glide faster, climb faster, recharge powers faster and shoot faster. In a way this feels like a fast-paced Japanese game (Vanquish comes to mind on this one). I like the fast paced nature of it, as it really gets the blood pumping. I also really like the sword, makes melee combat so much more fun and exciting. And the automatic lighting bolt for the Hero Cole… loving it!

I have to say, I am thoroughly impressed, and am really glad I preordered this on Amazon over a month ago. So far there is only a few things I do no like. One is the ‘Automatically starting next mission in X seconds’ thing, not sure if that is simply a demo restriction, but I like to explore and having a timer to start the next mission is annoying and restrictive. Next up for my dislike is that L2 is mapped to the ‘beacon’ when not near a power source, I do not like this. I can get used to it, but I would prefer if the beacon was mapped only to the L3 button.

The improvements overall compared to Infamous are almost night and day, this really feels like a completely new game. I loved Infamous and I didn’t think you guys could make the series much better, but I am really enjoying myself with the demo and every minuet I play I think “June 7th cannot come soon enough!!”.

Well done Sucker Punch, you outdid yourselves yet again with a top notch game that runs smooth and looks beautiful! Now back tot he demo!

I am playing the demo right now but I just had to make a post. I have one word for Sucker Punch… WOW!! This game is amazing! Everything about it is supercharged, it’s like Infamous on steroids. You run faster, glide faster, climb faster, recharge powers faster and shoot faster. In a way this feels like a fast-paced Japanese game (Vanquish comes to mind on this one). I like the fast paced nature of it, as it really gets the blood pumping. I also really like the sword, makes melee combat so much more fun and exciting. And the automatic lighting bolt for the Hero Cole… loving it!

not sure if that is simply a demo restriction, but I like to explore and having a timer to start the next mission is annoying and restrictive. Next up for my dislike is that L2 is mapped to the ‘beacon’ when not near a power source, I do not like this. I can get used to it, but I would prefer if the beacon was mapped only to the L3 button.

One is the ‘Automatically starting next mission in X seconds’ thing, not sure if that is simply a demo restriction, but I like to explore and having a timer to start the next mission is annoying and restrictive. Next up for my dislike is that L2 is mapped to the ‘beacon’ when not near a power source, I do not like this. I can get used to it, but I would prefer if the beacon was mapped only to the L3 button.

The improvements overall compared to Infamous are almost night and day, this really feels like a completely new game. I loved Infamous and I didn’t think you guys could make the series much better, but I am really enjoying myself with the demo and every minuet I play I think “June 7th cannot come soon enough!!”.

Well done Sucker Punch, you outdid yourselves yet again with a top notch game that runs smooth and looks beautiful! Now back tot he demo!

Ok, lets see if it posts this. The last things i wanted to say was that I do not like the mission auto-start feature, I like to explore and take my time if I want, having each mission start based on a timer is not good at all (perhaps a demo limitation?).. Second thing is that the beacon is mapped to L2 when no power source is nearby, I do not like this, I would rather it stay on L3 exclusively.

I’ve been playing the Beta and love it! Great work guys! I do have one question though. Every store seems to be giving away the code for a different special ability, and the Hero Edition holding all of them for download. Will the abilities be up for download on the Playstation Store when the game releases?